At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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I’m drowning in papers.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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There’s simply too much fuss about myself.
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Any knowledge that doesn’t lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!
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Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
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Memory at last has what I sought.
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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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